Facts and opinions related to the reprographics business and the reprographics industry as well as articles and information related to the A/E/C industry served by reprographers. This blog is intended for reprographers, for vendors who sell to reprographers and for analysts and investors who are interested in learning more about the reprographics industry. (YOU CAN CONTACT THE BLOG AUTHOR at joel.salus@mac.com or at joel.salus@me.com)

Thursday, January 5, 2012

I don’t recall doing a post about this when this news was first released, and I’m too lazy to look back to see if I did; just wanted to make sure that my blog-visitors know about this:

WhatTheyThink Unveils Wide Format Microsite, Sponsored by HP

Monday, December 05, 2011

Press release from the issuing company

Lexington, Kentucky USA -- WhatTheyThink today announced the launch of a new section of its industry-leading printing industry news site focused exclusively on the wide format industry. The section will feature news and analysis specific to the wide format and superwide format industries as well as videos. HP is the charter sponsor for this new section. The microsite can be accessed via the main navigation bar on WhatTheyThink’s home page or directly at www.WhatTheyThink.com/wideformat.

“Wide format is a significant growth area for the printing industry, especially as compared to traditional commercial printing,” said Randy Davidson, CEO of WhatTheyThink. “In addition to the players in the sign and display graphics markets, many commercial and digital printers are also entering the wide format market to add services and revenue streams to their businesses. Visitors to the microsite can tune their WhatTheyThink experience to the wide format business as well as benefit from new expert contributors. We thank HP for its generous charter sponsorship of this unique microsite.”

The sign and display graphics market is quickly evolving to a digital model, with price/performance for superwide format devices rapidly increasing the cross-over point with analog printing technologies such as offset and screen printing. In addition, as with other areas of the printing industry, overall run lengths are declining and there is increased demand for customized—even personalized—pieces and shorter cycle times. Within the industry, there is also a migration from solvent to UV printers, as well as new developments in aqueous inks, including latex inks, that are bringing change to the market , making these inks a viable and more eco-friendly alternative to solvent and UV inks for many applications.

About WhatTheyThink.com

WhatTheyThink is the printing and publishing industry's leading media organization; offering a wide range of publications delivering unbiased, real-time market intelligence, industry news, economic and trend analysis, peer-to-peer communication, and special reports on emerging technology and critical events. Independent studies rank WhatTheyThink as the one industry website that contains the most interesting articles, according to 58.2% of senior printing executives, and the one website most frequently chosen as the “Must Visit and Read.” WhatTheyThink also hosts webinars and live events as well as providing content through a syndication program, which delivers content directly to related websites. In addition, WhatTheyThink offers a wide range of lead generation and branding programs that help print- and publishing-related businesses achieve business growth.

For more information about partnering with WhatTheyThink, contact randy@whattheythink.com or vince@whattheythink.com.

Archive of Blog-posts on Repro 101 when Repro 101 was hosted on IRgA web-site

To access the archive of blog posts that were put up on Reprographics 101 when Repro 101 was hosted on the IRgA web-site, go to the blog-post put up on May 31st, 2013, and, when you locate that blog-post, you will find a list of the pdf files that contain those previous blog-posts, as well as "links" to each pdf file.

About Me

40+ year involvement in the reprographics business and industry. Former Chairman/CEO of Rowley-Scher Reprographics, Former Senior Vice President & Chief Business Strategist of National Graphic Imaging (NGI). Former Managing Director of the International Reprographics Association (IRgA). Active as a Management Consultant to firms in the reprographics business. (My consulting practice is called ProActive Management Programs LLC.)